Which usually hold an AST in memory anyway. We have a fast
parser, parsing even a big codebase once is really not a
problem, see DCD for example.
If the only advantage is to skip a parsing stage here or
there, it does not justify the work that would be needed.
as we have a fast compiler too, i can't see any sense in
producing
machine code files at all. the only advantage is to skip a
parsing and
compiling stages here or there, it does not justify the work
that would
be needed.
Come on, that is not even a half decent analogy.